It's GALA!!!

As we were packing to go up to Indiana for the 4th, I noticed that my packing list was shorter and my nerves weren't shot when thinking about the trip.  I realized that this was the first year that I was not pregnant or breast feeding, which turns out to make life a whole lot easier!  So not only was packing a breeze, the 8 hour trip wasn't that bad and the kids weren't too restless.  We ended up having a wonderful time with family.  

Kyle got some good chunks into the air this year.  Last year he was too little.  He accomplished treading water and not tipping forwards or backwards while in the water with his life jacket.

We had perfect weather.  We had a couple of cool days but we filled those days with games and a trip to the Ft. Wayne zoo.  

 Adam's grandma and grandpa Mark had four children.  Then there were 9 grandchildren and a lot of great grandchildren.  So when this group gets together, it's a big crowd.  Adam's mom hosts the 4th of July every year at their house.  They grill out, celebrate summer birthdays, walk over to the park for the town fair, and then stick around for fireworks at the park.  

That's grandpa and grandma Mark in the middle with great grandbaby Cooper on her lap.

Thank goodness for Tia who will do rides with the kids

The kids' annual merry-go-round ride with Grandma and Poe.

This is take #68 of 145 of the kids.  Kyle was a monster.  Adam was passing out gummies as a treat for anyone who would sit still.  As you can see, it was cloudy and windy.  Every morning it looked like this and by the third day, Aubrie asked, "Does the sun EVER shine in the mornings in Indiana??!"  

Granny met her match.  Emilie liked to sit in the back of the boat with her and they would talk and talk about anything and everything.  Sometimes you can catch them both talking and neither listening.  :)  The kids had so much fun with Granny.  I'm sure she had to take naps for weeks after we left.  They were constantly playing peggity, old maid, doing homework, coloring, playing stone school, and Granny even hopped on the hopscotch with them!  Go Granny!

The whole fam

Neighbors gave us some sparklers and we weren't sure of them.

View of the lake while waiting for fireworks.  We kept the girls up to watch them this year.

Standing on the end of the pier, looking back at the cottage.

The lake is Petey's favorite place in the world.  He is spoiled with lots of swimming, sleeping on the couch, and cleaning up table scraps after we dine outside.  He is so patient while Kyle tries to ride him like a horse.

Granny was swung on this porch swing when she was a little girl.  The kids were chatting up Gaga while they swung.

For those of you who don't remember, last year we caught a turtle for the girls and Aubrie named it Gala.  She feel in love with it, talked to it, kissed it (ewww)...

Well, this year we "caught Gala again!!"  Aubrie was so excited to see her old pal.  Adam took the picture below.  We were sitting at the table, playing scrabble, and she was contently sitting with her turtle and playing with it for the longest time.  

We noticed Gala had pink paint on her tummy.  We didn't know why until some neighbor boys walked by with a net and a turtle and they said that every turtle they caught, they put some paint on their shell so that they knew if they caught it or not.  GREEEEAAT.  That means that next year we can't just "catch Gala".  We are going to have to catch a turtle with pink on its stomach.  

Gaga told us that 70 years ago, this July, he landed on Normandy beach when he was just 19 years old.  We got to hear some neat stories, but most of all, it made our Independence Day just THAT much more meaningful and we are so thankful for all the men and women serving now and who have served in the past.  This also includes the family who hold down the fort at home when their loved ones are away.  We are so thankful for you!

I mentioned earlier that we went to the Ft. Wayne zoo on one of the colder days.  Adam and his sister used to go to Ft. Wayne when they were little on cloudy days.  I was a little weary of going to this random zoo in a smaller Indiana city.  But this zoo was AMAZING!  It's a children's zoo, so that is probably why we were so impressed.  But their train ride actually took 10 minutes and went somewhere!  They have a ski lift you can ride and look at the whole safari exhibit.  Peacocks and ducks just wandered around everywhere.  They had misters hidden in the brush that would come on and cool you off periodically.  The selection of animals were awesome.  My favorite... the lions.  Kyle brought home a stuffed lion in honor of Bill the lion.  We also got to FEED THE GIRAFFES!  So cool.  I loved this zoo.  It definitely made Nashville's zoo look like no fun.  But then when we came home, we found an article that showed the Nashville zoo's plans for expansion and improvement and we can't wait to see what they will do!

The kids all went on a pony ride.  Kyle sitting on a pony cracked me up, but then his pony got a little frisky and started trotting off and Poe had to run along him to make sure he didn't fall off.  I could NOT stop laughing. 

Feeding the giraffe.  Emilie picked out a stuffed giraffe from the zoo.  It had about 4 name changes before she got the name Barbie.

Adam and I took a day trip over to LaPorte to visit Nick.  Both Nick and Steve went to school in LaPorte and then played at Belmont with Adam.  We couldn't wait to tour the historical city of which two great me were born.  Nick is a lawyer there, but soon will be mayor.  Then President.   Nick's lovely wife, Ashlie, cooked us some lunch and we sat lakeside and caught up on life.

Before we went to lunch, we stopped by Nick's office to see where the magic happened.  Adam was so impressed he decided to sue the NCAA for using his name and likeness on a basketball video game.  Nick will win us millions...

We had a lot of fun on our vacation. The kids were so sad to come back home and so was I.  But we have been filling the days with lots of fun and a couple of camps.  I'll share that some other time. 

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Boot it

I had a bunch of girls over the other week because all of my friends seem to have boys.  But we've branched out and made some girlfriends and the bonus part is that I am getting to know some pretty awesome moms, too.  Kyle was upstairs and I grabbed him to carry him downstairs and when I went to step, I had to avoid a toy on the steps and I put all my weight on my tip toe and I heard a pop and got immediate pain.  Then when we were outside five minutes later, Kyle was about to walk in front of a swing and when I ran to catch him, I stubbed my toe on one of the playground base pieces.  Throughout the day the pain got worse and by the next day I couldn't put my weight on my foot.  I gave it some time and it slowly started to feel better, but if I were on my feet for a long time, or put my foot in a tennis shoe, it would hurt.  Finally, I went to see a doctor and sure enough I fractured my sesamoid.  (Stand on your tip toes, the bone that is on the bottom of the base of your big toe...that's it.)  So therefore, I am now sporting a boot for the next 3-4 weeks.  

My lovely footwear.  I blame Kyle for being so heavy.  The good news is that we are going to do a lot of chilling and work on "homework!"

I've been sounding out words with this girl.  She's getting pretty good.  She also counted to 100 for me this morning.  Smart little cookie.  When they saw my boot, they were really concerned.  Emilie keeps staring at it and asks, "You have one good foot still, right mommy?"

 Ol' Emilie is still letting the good times roll.  Last week, after nap time, she came downstairs and sat by me and said, "Mom?  Sometimes when I sit on the couch, it feels like there's a burrito in my pants." and then watches cartoons while I look at her and try to figure out what she could possibly be talking about.  Adam and I had a big laugh about that one after we put them to bed.  I mean, she doesn't even eat burritos! She's strictly a taco girl! 

Potty humor has taken a turn for the worst in our house.  Emi is her father's daughter and can toot with the best of them.  The girls love telling me that Kyle has a stinky in his diaper.  And I bring it to his attention every time he is going potty in his diaper.  The more I talk about it, the more he will be aware he's doing it.  And since I've been sneaking kale in everyone's smoothies, the toots have been running rampant in our house.  Adam let one rip the other day and Kyle claimed it, "scuse me daddy."

Mr. Hustle here...he got out my bag of sugar and dumped it all over and stomped in it.  That was fun to pick up.  

 Last weekend we decided to go to Cracker Barrel for breakfast.  A parent gifted me a gift card there and it was burning a hole in my wallet.  So as soon as the kids got up, we loaded them up and I was driving.  I was coming down the hill just in time to see a cop and saw that I was going 10 over the limit (we are HUNGRY in the morning!) so I got pulled over.  It was my first time since 2010.  So the kids were like, "What's going on?" "Why are we stopping?"  "Why is the police officer coming to our car?!!"  Luckily, I just got a warning.  But I haven't been able to drive since.  I am constantly being told by my backseat drivers, "Slow down, Mommy!  You don't want the police to get us!  Mom?  I think you're going too fast.  Be careful.  We have to obey the rules!"

I haven't been able to drink coffee like I used to.  It makes me way too jittery.  I don't know if my body is changing, or maybe it is because Adam likes his coffee to be strong and thick like tar.  He used to get his afternoon jolt from mountain dew, (Ewwww, go ahead...judge him.  I am.) but once we had kids, he had to start drinking coffee.  He's now a coffee snob.  His favorite is to ask for a pour over at Starbucks or have them brew him a cup in their 15 thousand dollar clover machine.  How do I know it costs that ridiculous amount??  Because he's already asked for one and it ain't gonna happen.  

Well, the other day, I had a cup made and it was half coffee and half creamer.  I took it upstairs since the angels were up there playing.  I sat at the kiddy table and helped Emilie write her name and was challenging Aubrie on spelling some words and Aubrie said it smelled good and she wanted a sip.  So I let her have a sip.  Then Emilie wanted a sip.  She got one.  Then, we got involved in what we were doing and I set it up on a bookshelf and forgot about it.  After lunch, they went upstairs to play again and I was cleaning up the kitchen.  Aubrie came down the stairs with my empty coffee cup and said, "Mommy, I'm so so so so SOOO sorry." (I'm thinking great, they spilled it on the carpet.  Shouldn't have left it up there.) I ask, "What is it, Aubrie?" and she said, "Emilie and I drank your coffee and it was really good and we are so so so so sorry!!!"  

I look at the clock.  1:15.  

No way are they napping.  Sure enough, Aubrie was belting out every Christmas song she knew during nap time and once again, Emilie sounded like she was re-arranging furniture in her room.  By the time they came downstairs at 4 to watch cartoons, they started to hit the wall and get grouchy.  We all learned our lesson.  

Kyle is easing into the "twos" nicely.  He threw his body on the floor at the mall because we wouldn't let him go down the escalator.  So like good parents, we hid behind a kiosk and took pictures of him and watched what he would do.  Sure enough, after a couple of minutes, he got over his fit, picked himself up, and headed towards the escalator so Adam had to carry him out the door.

 Last weekend, Adam was really tired and I told him he needed to experience napping with Emilie.  He fought me on it but after ten minutes, I went upstairs and found them both snoring.  So precious.

Emilie should be the one running around with a boot on.  Both girls have a pair of pink boots and at least three times this spring, when we got to school, I would look down at her feet and notice she would have two left shoes on.  

 Kyle's talking a lot.  I can't believe how big he is getting.  My baby will be 2 in two months.  When Adam leaves for work, he's usually strapped in his booster seat so he starts yelling, "HUG!!!"  HUUUUUUG!!!" until Adam makes his way over there to hug him goodbye.  He also uses the same force to get a toy or snack.  If Emilie has a car he wants, he starts yelling, "SHARE!  SHAAAARREEE!"  Such good manners.  And my favorite thing he likes to do is get after his big sister.  If Aubrie is doing something he doesn't like, he yells, "AH-BE DANE!" (Aubrie Jane)  

Big guy is in distress.  I stopped to drop something off at Teague and Trace's house (which, to him, is Disney World because of all the trains, cars, swords, super heroes, and the over all aura of testosterone) and I didn't let him get out.  He screamed and boo-hoo-ed the whole way home.  Poor Kyle.  

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer so far!  

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Dance Divas

Now that school is out and our little darlings are ours again, I'm sure we have had time to reflect on how awesome our teachers are that spent the whole year working with our kids and are looking forward to meeting next year's teachers.  I enjoyed teacher appreciation week for two reasons.  First reason:  I was a teacher again and my sweet students spoiled me rotten!!  Second reason:  I get to help the kids make things for their teachers.  Aubrie gets Highlights magazine and in there it had a how-to on painting pots and she brought it to me and said she wanted to do it for her teachers.  Each teacher got their pots with a flower and we found the free printables here.  Then Emilie and Kyle's teachers also got a Sweet Cici's giftcard and I wanted to attach it to something.  I found some cute printable tags here that someone attached to an ice cream scoop.  But I figured the teachers already had a scoop, so we made a fake ice cream cone and attached it to that instead.

If you don't have school aged kids, this is still fun to print out for a Sunday school teacher or a friend!

 I'm embarrassed to admit that I've never been to Radnor Lake.  Who knew there were these awesome trails and lake right in the middle of all these neighborhoods?  Well, Katie did.  When Kyle had to stay home from school because he had strep, I dropped the girls off at school and met Katie there and walked the trail with Kyle and Rhett.  She also taught me that little boys like to throw rocks into water and we sat there forever while they happily threw their rocks.  I'm glad I have so many friends around that have boys.  

Super mom Katie and "baby" Rhett

gorgeous Radnor Lake

 Some days I think my children plot against me.  I think they have a secret pow-wow during breakfast and decide what level of stress they are going to give mommy that day...

  "Alright guys, today we are going to do a code red morning.  Let's see how mad mommy can get!  Emilie, you whine about everything and don't listen to mommy.  While she is painting our nails, pick up the bottle of polish that she told you to put down for the ninth time and throw it on the floor so it shatters in pieces and ruins the rug.  Kyle, throw your body at the pantry door because a bowl of cereal, a muffin, and half a granola bar didn't fill you up.  Then while mom is loading the dishes in the dishwasher, sneak back to her bathroom and take all the nail polish out from the cabinet and put it in her sink.  Then try on all her shoes and sprawl them throughout the bathroom and her room.  While you guys are doing that, I'm going to be super drama today and say stuff like, "Mom, you don't love me anymore."  or "How come you don't do anything fun anymore?!" and then while she is distracted by Kyle, I'll wrestle with Emilie on the couch and make her cry six times.  Kyle, while Emilie is screaming bloody murder, go grab her now cold bagel off the counter and start licking the cream cheese off of it until Petey figures out you have it and takes it from you.  When he does, scream like it is the end of the world."

 (That was all Aubrie-the-master-mind plotting against me.  And yes, all those things have happened recently.)

nail polish incident #1

Adam's parents and grandparents came to town.  The girls had a dance recital and it's been about 6 months since we have seen Adam's grandparents (Granny & Gaga)  While they were here we celebrated Adam's dad's birthday.  The girls enjoyed shopping for him.  Emilie picked out a pink tie and Kyle picked out some red, white, and blue windmill fans for the lawn, and Aubrie got him a mug that you can put their pictures in.  They love shopping for people.  I forgot to mention earlier that when Adam took them shopping for mother's day (the day before mother's day), they all got to pick something out for me.  I got a waffle maker, oven mitts, and some new knives.  He likes to take them to the kitchen section at Kohls.  Before I opened my gifts Aubrie said, "I hope you like our gifts, mommy, even though we did ALL of our shopping yesterday..."  That made Adam feel guilty!

Adrian and his two babies

I love when Gaga and Granny come and stay with us.  Granny gets up and plays with the kids before everyone else gets here and she has all the cool old school games that she teaches them.  They love playing "hide the thimble" (hide and seek with an object, usually a thimble but we don't have one) and their other favorite is stone school.  Granny has a stone in her hand and hides it behind her back.  If they guess the right hand, they get to move up a step.  Each step is a grade in school.  First to get to 8th grade wins.  

Playing stone school

And then we had the dance recital.  The girls took ballet and tap.  For the recital, their classes performed tap numbers.

Adam got the girls flowers

Emilie's class performed to "Baby Face".  It was so cute.  Emilie didn't look around to see what all the other girls were doing.  She was smiling big, acting like everyone was there to see HER.  She knew most of her steps and did a great job.

Emilie loving the spotlight

Aubrie's class did "Twist and Shout"  Aubrie was on the end and she had a very serious face on.  She was concentrating so hard about getting the right steps and not messing up.  Plus, lately she has been acting shy.  She also did a great job but didn't enjoy it quite as much as Emilie did.  Next year they are doing just ballet

Her final pose.  So serious! :)

 I've been trying to wear the kids out this week.  We went to the zoo the other day and enjoyed the merry-go-round, feeding the birds, seeing a couple of exhibits and playing on the playground.  Today I met Katie and we walked the trail by the Concord YMCA.  Aubrie and Higgs rode their bikes and I pulled Emilie and Kyle in the wagon while she pushed Rhett in a stroller.  We walked all the way over to Crockett Park and let the kids play on the playground and then went back to our cars.  It ended up being a 3 mile bike ride for Aubrie.  Let's just say she napped good.  Emilie, though...shew.  That girl.  We've had some sleeping trouble with her.  

A couple of months ago we got sick of her waking up in the middle of the night and coming to our room for no reason whatsoever.  So we finally told her that if she wakes up in the middle of the night and is scared, she can sneak into Aubrie's bed.  (She can be Aubrie's problem now.  Haha)  Well, now every morning we find her in Aubrie's bed.  She sits awake in her bed until she think Aubrie is asleep and then goes over there and climbs in bed.  She lays right up against her and even has her head on Aubrie's pillow.  Sometimes we hear Aubrie telling her to move over late at night on the monitor.  Aubrie secretly likes it because one evening we told her that we weren't going to let her sleep with her anymore and she begged us to let Emilie stay.  Well, this whole week I've had to go up to Emilie's room and hold her down and lay with her.  She kept getting up and going into Aubrie's room.  So finally, I shut her door and told her to stay in her room, which she HATES her door being shut.  Then I'm downstairs and it sounds like she's re-arranging furniture.  So I yell up to her and she responds, "What mom?! My door is shut!!!"  Yeah Emilie, but you're bouncing off the walls!  GO TO SLEEP!! So if I go up and lay with her and hold her arms with my arms, she falls asleep in less than five minutes.  

Oh, look!  Miss I don't need a nap just woke up!

Snack break at the zoo.

The other day at dinner Emilie said, "Hey guys!  Can I say something crazy??" For all of you that live in a hole, this is a line from a song in Frozen, but it is totally appropriate for Emilie to start all her conversations off with that question.

After our 3 mile walk, we came home to have leftovers and thought I would make the kids homemade smoothies.  My healthy mom friends would be so proud, I snuck kale into their smoothies.  When they asked me what the green stuff was, I just told them it was the green part of the strawberry I forgot to take off. :)

After lunch, I saw Kyle grunting so I asked him if he needed to go potty and he said yes.  So I hurried him in the bathroom and he actually went in the potty!!  And get this!  While I was in the bathroom with him, cheering him on and talking it over, I hear Emilie tell Aubrie, "Hey Aub!  Let's go upstairs and do some homework!" and Aubrie responded with, "Not right now Em.  I'm loading the dishes in the dishwasher."

NO LIE.

I couldn't believe it.  I texted the afternoon happenings to Adam and he said, "Don't worry.  They'll give it to you at nap time."  Sure enough, he was right.  I once again had to go put Emilie in a hug lock to get her to sleep and Aubrie woke up whiny from her nap.

It was the first time that I thought we are getting pretty close to a sweet spot.  Sweet spot for me is everyone wiping their own rear and everyone able to buckle themselves in the car.  It's coming, folks.  It's within my grasp and I can't wait!  

Oh, and homework is just a bunch of preschool worksheets that I have copied out of a workbook.  I keep them upstairs in the girls art center in the playroom and told them if they bring me a completed worksheet, they can have a treat (one skittle).  They are SO into it.  Aubrie helps Emilie.  Emilie is getting better at writing her name.  Some of the stuff is too easy for Aubrie, so I have her turn it over and make her draw me something that starts with that letter.  Or we spell and sound out a couple of words that begin with that letter.  You can find free printables anywhere online.  Maybe your kids would be into doing "homework", too!

I leave you all with my favorite chicken grilling recipe.  I've posted it before a couple of years ago, but it's so good I'll post it again.  When I make this, I buy all drumsticks because if I buy a whole chicken, the kids take the drummies and I get pieces I don't like.  But Adam prefers when I get a whole chicken.  So somethings I'll grab some other pieces to go with the pack of drumsticks.  If you like cilantro and lime, you'll love this recipe.  

Cilantro Lime Chicken
from mom

24 pieces of chicken

24 large sprigs of cilantro

3/4 cup melted and then cooled butter

6 Tbsp olive oil

6 Tbsp chopped cilantro

For Paste

1 Tbsp chopped garlic

1/2 tsp pepper

1 tsp salt

2 grated limes

Mash the tablespoon of garlic with the salt and pepper.  The salt helps it grind into a mushy paste.  Combine the garlic paste with the grated lime peel.    Take a piece of chicken and rub the garlicky lime paste under the skin and tuck in one piece of cilantro.  Do this until all pieces have the paste and one sprig of cilantro under the skin.  Season chicken with salt and pepper.  Combine the 6 Tbsp of olive oil, melted butter, and chopped cilantro.  Brush this on the chicken while you grill.  Enjoy!

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Easter in Texas

I am relieved that I don't have any awful stories to tell you about our plane ride to Texas.  Adam didn't dip anybody's clothes into the blue toilet water.  Nobody got lost.  Melt downs were mostly by Kyle and it was only because he wasn't getting his usual long naps. We had a couple of snooty flight attendants that didn't seem to like our angelic kids but all our flights were on time. And this is probably our last time flying before we have to pay for FIVE TICKETS.  (fainted and woke back up....I'm ok.)

But we made it!!  And right out of the gate, the girls discovered that this whole time they've been visiting Gram and Poppy's house, they have never known that they have their own private mountain.  

I present to you...ROCK MOUNTAIN!!!  It's really just a pile of gravel but to our kids, it was the WORLD.  See their white leggings??  They were brown by the time we came inside that evening.  They would sit on top of rock mountain and slide down it as if it were a slide.  Ouch!

 Gigi flew in to spend time with the family as well.  I love that she is there when we all get together.  She lives in Nevada and is my mom's mother.  Love her!

Can you tell that mom and Adam are having a disagreement over dying Easter eggs?!  One of my favorite things about being married to Adam is his relationship with my mom.  They get along so well and when they get together they make me laugh so much.

Hunting Easter eggs with Poppy.  Kyle wore his boots but they were a little narrow for his Fred Flintstones feet.  He was tired when it was time to hunt eggs so his lovey had to tag along.    

Here is one of Adam's bags of dirt (the tie) that the girls got him for his birthday.

Emi has her party eyes on.  Some evenings, when she is lying in bed, she has Adam lay his head on her tummy and she pets his hair or his face.  Then she tells him that his face is crunchy.  She also told him the other day when she was darting through the room to "look out big bottom!"

My sweet girls.

 After we ate lunch, Emilie got up from the table and went to wash her hands but she saw a bug on the floor by the front door and made a big scene.  When Gram got up to kill it for her, Emilie yelled, "I can't handle this!!!"

Mom and Adam built a fire so we could make s'mores, while Dad, Robbie, and I did some roping.  I got to rope a lot with Robbie and my dad enjoyed running the chute and watching us.  My soft city rear end was a little sore!

Robbie and Lindsey joined us for a couple of days.  Kasey just had baby Nathaniel and stayed home where her mom was taking care of her and the new baby.  It was awfully sweet of her to spare Robbie for a couple of days!

Sweet cousins

 For a couple of evenings we went on family walks and Aubrie and Emilie would have foot races.  We were impressed with how far Aubrie could run!  And she was running in boots!  Emilie would try to keep up but then start crying and stopped when she realized she couldn't.  It was on those walks that I breathed in enough blooming mesquite and other desert foliage and almost died with allergies.

Aubrie got to do dishes at Gram's house.

Kyle would pull his hat down so low that he couldn't look up to see where he was going, he could only see his own shoes.  Any time you tried to pull his hat up, he would slap it back down over his eyes.  He's so stubborn.  He ended up with a fever for a couple of days and the finger that he always sucks on got a huge blister that we had to drain and keep bandaged.  We thought he was teething or something, but I think it was the start of his strep.

 Poppy had plenty of calves for us to rope and we enjoyed feeding them their grain.  Aubrie ended up riding one after we roped it.  Adam hung on to her and ran along with her, but it didn't buck.  

Cousins

We love Gigi

Every evening the kids got to ride the horses.  Aubrie wanted riding lessons from Poppy so she could ride all by herself.

Mom and Gigi on Duke and Slick

 At Gram and Poppy's house, you get spoiled with cookies and treats.  Kyle got to eat an ice cream bar but when it melted it pissed him off.

Since his boots didn't fit that well, he wore Emilie's pink boots around.  He refused to wear his other shoes.

We had so much fun and my parents are so hospitable to my large family.  The food is always delicious and the company is perfect.  I love getting my battery re-charged and watching the kids play.  There is no where to go and not a lot to do, so it's fun seeing what kind of games the kids come up with.  One of the girls' favorite thing to do is find sea shells...Dad eats pistachios out by his barn and the girls pick up the shells and think they are sea shells.  They also liked to play with the gravel.  Aubrie built a bunny trap.  Little did she know that Gram stood on the back porch the day before we got there and shot the Easter bunny that was eating her roses.  Glad she didn't have a bunny problem when we were there!!  The kids get to sleep in mom and dad's room on "cowboy beds" which are cots with sheets and blankets.  Emilie would get up in the middle of the night and start walking out the door and mom would have to catch her and put her back in bed.  We made so many memories to hold us through until we get to go back.  

I hope everyone enjoyed their Easter holiday!  Precious is the lamb who died for our sins!

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